[News] GlobalFoundries to Skip 10 nm and Jump Straight to 7 nm

[StyM]

https://www.techpowerup.com/225095/g...raight-to-7-nm

Silicon fabrication company GlobalFoundries is reportedly planning to skip development of the 10 nanometer (nm) process, and is aiming to jump straight to 7 nm. The company currently operates a 14 nm FinFET node. In 2015 the company acquired semiconductor manufacturing assets from IBM, and is using them to fast-track its development. When it's ready, the 7 nm node will offer both optical and EUV (extreme ultra-violet) lithography. Driving the EUV product is an IBM 3300 EUV fabricator at the company's advanced patterning center, in its Albany, New York fab.

[zalbard]

TSMC skipping 20 nm comes to mind...

[zanzabar]

are they planning to partner with some again, samsung is doing 10 or 12nm and gloflo could not even get 14 without just buying the machines.

[drmrlordx]

Remember Glofo has all those ex IBM engineers in-house now. They will help turn things around. But they will probably continue to collaborate with Samsung. Probably.